UPDATE: How Patrick McHenry is funding his campaign

Republican Patrick McHenry is a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, District 10, a seat that he now holds. Photo illustration via his campaign website.

Editor’s note: This story was originally published Oct. 24. It is updated here with newly released candidate filings.

Republican U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry is seeking his fifth term as the North Carolina’s 10th District representative to the U.S. House of Representatives in a race against Democrat N.C. Rep. Patsy Keever. Last July, the N.C. General Assembly proposed a redrawn map of the state’s 13 districts. Now, Buncombe County is divided into two districts with the eastern portion of the county in the 10th District and the western portion remaining in the 11th.

McHenry serves on the House Committee on Financial Services, which drafts and reviews all federal legislation involving the banking and financial services industry, including insurance companies, banks and credit unions, as well as legislation that relates to monetary policy, investment and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He also serves on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform as chairman of the Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs. He serves as a deputy minority whip.

According to FEC records, McHenry has raised nearly $1.2 million, with nearly half of his donations coming from PACs, or political action committees, with many of these PACs located outside of North Carolina. Some of McHenry’s top donors include financial organization PACs, such as ones affiliated with Sallie Mae, Capital One and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Patrick McHenry bio

Age: 37

Education: B.A. in history from Belmont Abbey College.

Hometown: Gastonia. Lives in Denver, N.C.

Professional experience: Four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005 to the present.

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